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- .th CMP I 5/15/74
- .sh NAME
- cmp \*- compare two files
- .sh SYNOPSIS
- .bd cmp
- [
- .bd \*-l
- ] [
- .bd \*-s
- ]
- file1 file2
- .sh DESCRIPTION
- The two files are
- compared.
- (If
- .it file1
- is `\*-',
- the standard input is used.)
- Under default options,
- .it cmp
- makes no comment if the files are the same;
- if they differ, it announces the byte and line number
- at which the difference occurred.
- If one file is an initial subsequence
- of the other, that fact is noted.
- Moreover, return code 0 is yielded for identical
- files, 1 for different files, and 2 for an
- inaccessible or missing argument.
- .s3
- Options:
- .s3
- .lp +6 3
- \fB\*-l\fR Print the byte number (decimal) and the
- differing bytes (octal) for each difference.
- .s3
- .lp +6 3
- \fB\*-s\fR Print nothing for differing files;
- return codes only.
- .i0
- .dt
- .sh "SEE ALSO"
- diff (I), comm (I)
- .sh BUGS
-